Lou and I are headed to Mystic and Newport in early July. While it may seem months away, I'm a planner. When we vacation, almost every minute is accounted for. This way, in the event we never get to return, we've done as much as was possible.

So...while I've already done some preliminay web searches on both areas, does anyone have any favourites?

Both states are dear to my heart. You cannot go wrong with either destination. Your destined to have a great time in either town. I've never personally been to those towns, but I have heard great things about them. Seeing as I'm am originally from CT, I say go to Mystic! The rest of my family is from R.I. How can you go wrong in coastal towns?!

Both states are dear to my heart. You cannot go wrong with either destination. Your destined to have a great time in either town. I've never personally been to those towns, but I have heard great things about them. Seeing as I'm am originally from CT, I say go to Mystic! The rest of my family is from R.I. How can you go wrong in coastal towns?!

We'll be visiting both, since we're staying about 15 minutes from Mystic and about 40 minutes from Newport. I agree, coastal towns are the best.

In Mystic there is a cool little place called Kitchen Little and it is TINY. They have amazing breakfasts. The Steak Loft in Old Mystic Village has an amazing salad bar and we've never been disappointed with their menu. In Noank-which isn't too far from Mystic there is Abbott's Lobster in the Rough. There is a small inside dining room- like a screened in porch and then there are picnic tables outside by the water. Ther lobster's are good anad the views even better.A little way down the same street (Pearl St.) There is Costello's fried clam bar- we've never been ther but,heard it's good. Downtown Mystic is really a neat place to walk -there are a lot of little shops and the draw bridge going up always attracts a crowd-There's Mystic Seaport and Olde Mystic Village (which is just a bunch of little shops)and the Aquarium which is right next store to the Village.I know there are a million other things that we have visited but, I can't think of any right now.I 'll post them when I remember them. Have fun planning your trip-Love and energy, Vicki